Cash indicator and register



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W. G. SCHICKNBR.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

110.414,781. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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W. G. SGHICKNER.

oAsII INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

WILLIAM G. soI-IIoKNER, oF CINCINNATI, oI-IIo.

CASH INDICATORAND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,781, dated November 12, 188.9.l

Application filed February 4, 1889. Serial No. 298,598. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. SOHICKNER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Indicators and Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention comprises certain improvements in the construction of cash indicators and registers, the detailsV of said improvements being hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.'

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of an instrument embodying my improvements, said section being taken in the plane of one of the keys and the key being seen in its normal or retracted position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of one of the hexagonal tablets. Fig. 3 is aplan of the same. Fig. it is a vertical section showing a number of said tablets mounted upon the common shaft of the instrument. Figs. 5 and 6 show two different arrangements of devices for operating the hexagonal tablets. Figs. 7 and-8 show very simple forms of the swinging tablets. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the base of the cabinet, said section being taken immediately in the rear of the moneydrawer. j

A represents a case or cabinet having at bottom a hollow base B, and at top a pair of customary windows or glasses a a', to permit the tablets being seen both at the front and rear of the instrument. Arranged longitudinally of these windows, and as near them as may be necessary, is a ixed shaft C, upon which the swinging tablets are hung, the preferred form of the latter being seen in Figs. 1, 2, 8, and 4, reference to which illustrations show a hexagonal wheel or disk D, having one of its sides removed, as at CZ, and being provided with a stop-pin CZ', which pin normally bears against a stationary bar E, that is parallel with said shaft. Furthermore, one arm or spoke of the wheel or disk is loaded or made somewhat heavy, as at CZ, in order that said disk may naturally assume the position seen in Fig. 1, in which position one numberplate F is inclined and below the front window a., While the other number-plate F ishorizontal, with its opposite edges presented t0- ward both windows. Consequently the numbers are now invisible; but when exposed to View they will both correspond with the number on the button of the operating-key, which, in the present case, is designed to register tive cents every time it is set in motion.

The instrument may be provided with any convenient form of key, although I usually employ a curved bar G, having a button or knob g at its outer end and being guided in a proper path by anti-friction rollers II I-I, arranged in pairs, as shown. Of these rollers as many pairs may be employed as desired, each pair being journaled in bearings ZL, disposed transversely across tlie instrument. g is a shoulder or other stop of the key to limit its retraction.

I is a flexible plate or tongue having one end fixed to the key, while its free end is forced outwardly by a spiral spring t', coiled around a short stem t', traversing a perforation in said key, said steml being provided with a knob or head at its lower end. This head prevents the spring pulling the stem through the perforation of the key.

The tongue I serves as a pawl to actuate the primary registering-disk J, which latter has a spurj, that drives the secondary registering-disk ,J, retrograde turning of said disks being prevented by the double-ended spring j', which engages with the ratchetteeth otthese disks in the manner shown. In addition to this pawl, the key carries a catchspring K and shoulder Zt, which shoulder is loaded or made quite heavy, in order that it may retain said key G in its normal or retracted position.

L is a common lock-bar, adapted at the proper moment to engage between the spring K and rigid shoulder 7c, the opposite ends of said bar being attached to bell-cranks Z Z,

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N is the money drawer or till, the rear end of which n is notched at n', to permit said drawer being pushed in until said end passes behind the catch M. Furthermore, the opposite sides of this drawer are furnished with inclined cleats or other guides O O', traversing inclined grooves Z) Zi of the hollow base B, the bottom o of said drawer being also inclined.

f in Fig. 4 are short lugs applied to every alternate wheel or disk, so as to elevate its plate F a slight distance above the adjacent plates F.

The operation of this form of my instrument is as follows: Then the various parts are in their normal positions, the stop-pins d of the various tablets D bear against the bar E, said tablets being retained in this position by the preponderating weight of the arm or spoke c. The key G is held in its normal position by the weighted shoulder k, therebypreventing the lock-bar L engaging between said shoulder and the spring K, which bar is now in such a position as to cause the catch M to drop down in front of the end n of the drawer, so as to securely lock the latter. Furthermore, the rollers journaled in the lower ends of bell-cranks Z Z are quite close to this end of the drawer; but the moment a key is struck all of the operating parts assume new positions. Presuining it is desired to registera deposit of five cents, and that the button g and plates F F are each inscribed with a figure 5, it is evident a depi'ession of said button will so shift the key G as to turn the registering-disk .I the distance of one ratcliet-tooth and engage the lock-bar L between the spring K and rigid shoulder 7.1, thereby swinging the bell-cranks ZZ so far as to raise the catch M and initiate the opening of the drawer N. Furthermore, this shifting of the key causes its upper end to impinge against the tablet D and turn the vlatter around upon the shaft C until said tablet reaches the position shown in Fig. 5, the number-plate F being now visible at the front window a, while the other number-plate F is exposed at the back window a. Therefore the number 5 is visible at. each of these windows. Vhen pressure is removed from the button g, the operative parts are restored to their normal positions by the weight 7c, the rollers H II enabling the curved key to travel back and forth with the least possible friction. As the nu1nber-plates of one tablet are raised above the number-plates of the adjacent tablets by the lugs f, as seen in Fig. 4, there is no interference between said plates when said tablets are turned in either direction.

The above is a description of the preferred construction of my instrument; but the working details of the same may be varied to suit circumstances, one change being suggested by the dotted lines in Fig. l, which lilies indicate that the key may strike the tablet behind the shaft C instead of in front of said shaft, thereby reversing the swinging motion of said tablet. In this event the stop-pin d and bar E would, of necessity, be located in front of the shaft C.

Another modification is seen in Fig. 5, where the key G bears against a toe p of lifter P, which latter is confined to a vertical path by guides p', so as to operate the hexagonal tablet in the manner previously described.

A more elaborate form of my invention is seen in Fig. 6, where the lifter P p has a spring-catch R, between which catch and the toe p is engaged the rest-bar L', said bar be; ing attached at its opposite ends to levers pivoted to the sides of the instrument, one of said levers being seen at S s. s is the retraoting-spring for said levers, and s a stoppin that limits the downward swing of these levers. Furthermore, this illustration shows that the number of plates F F of the tablet are attached to the latter by extensions f f, which latter are so arranged as to render said plates vertical when they are brought opposite the windows a a. By this arrangement the number-plates will be more conspicuous than when they are inclined, as seen in Fig. 5.

In the modification seen in Fig. 7 the tablet T is a fiat plate having the numbers on its opposite sides, and being provided with a shank t, that turns freely on the shaft C when the lifter P is elevated,which elevation swings said tablet up to the position indicated by the dotted lines. In this position the numbers on the tablet can be seen through both of the windows d a. In the other modification (seen in Fig. S) this tablet T has a weighted lug t', against which the end of the key G bears directly. It is apparent these modifications include the leading features of my invention-that is to say, they have a common shaft fixed longitudinally of the window or windows, a series of disks, wheels, or cylindrical tablets adapted to swing upwardly on said shaft for the purpose of exposing the numbers on said tablets, and keys or intermediate devices operated by said keys and serving to bring said tablets into view.

t I claim as my inventionl. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of the shaft C, fixed longitudi nally of the windows d ct', a series of swinging hexagonal tablets D, mounted upon said shaft and having weighted arms d and stoppins d', a fixed bar E, for said pins to bear against, and a device, as the key G, for turning said tablets upwardly, so as to expose them at said windows, as herein described.

2. In combination with the key of a cash register and indicator, the flexible tongue I, headed stem fi', and a spiral spring e', coiled around said stem and situated between said key and tongue, for the purpose described.

3. A cash indicator and register provided with a longitudinally-shiftable key having a IOO IIO

weighted shoulder that restores said key tov that said plates may assume a vertical position when brought into service, as herein described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

VILLIAM G. SCHICKNER.

Iitnessesz JAMES H. LAYMAN, SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

